Method and device for controlling torque intervention of hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10106147-B2
Application number	US-201615244574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	Nov 19, 2015
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A method for controlling torque intervention of a hybrid vehicle includes: during a torque phase time interval, reducing torque of an engine which is connected to a motor and generates a power transferred to a transmission by reducing an amount of air supplied to the engine in a state in which control for generating optimal combustion efficiency of the engine is maintained; increasing torque of the motor as much as the reduced torque of the engine during the torque phase time interval; and during an inertia phase time interval, reducing the increased torque of the motor by subtracting the reduced torque of the engine from an amount of torque intervention request for the transmission. The control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is obtained by controlling an ignition angle of the engine according to the amount of air supplied to the engine to maximize efficiency of the engine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling torque intervention of a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
during a torque phase time interval included in a shifting time interval, reducing, by a controller, torque of an engine which is connected to a motor through an engine clutch, wherein the engine generates a power transferred to a transmission, the torque of the engine being reduced by reducing an amount of air supplied to the engine in a state in which control for generating optimal combustion efficiency of the engine is maintained;
increasing, by the controller, torque of the motor as much as the reduced torque of the engine during the torque phase time interval; and
during an inertia phase time interval included in the shifting time interval, reducing, by the controller, the increased torque of the motor as a value obtained by subtracting the reduced torque of the engine from an amount of torque intervention request for the transmission,
wherein the control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is obtained by controlling an ignition angle of the engine according to the amount of air supplied to the engine to maximize efficiency of the engine.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after the inertia phase time interval, increasing, by the controller, torque of the engine as much as the reduced torque of the engine by increasing the amount of air supplied to the engine in the state in which the control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is maintained; and
after the inertia phase time interval, increasing, by the controller, torque of the motor as much as a value obtained by subtracting the increased torque of the engine from a torque required for input of the transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission comprises a dual clutch transmission.

4. A method for controlling torque intervention of a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising:
predicting, by a controller, a shifting time of a transmission and an amount of torque intervention request for the transmission in an inertia phase time interval included in a shifting time interval by a shift pattern map based on a current speed of the vehicle;
after predicting the shifting time, reducing, by the controller, torque of an engine which is connected to a motor through an engine clutch, wherein the engine generates a power transferred to the transmission, the torque of the engine being reduced by reducing an amount of air supplied to the engine in a state in which control for generating optimal combustion efficiency of the engine is maintained;
increasing, by the controller, torque of the motor as much as the reduced torque of the engine; and
during the inertia phase time interval, reducing, by the controller, the increased torque of the motor as a value obtained by subtracting the reduced torque of the engine from the amount of torque intervention request for the transmission,
wherein the control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is obtained by controlling an ignition angle of the engine according to the amount of air supplied to the engine to maximize efficiency of the engine.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
after the inertia phase time interval, increasing, by the controller, torque of the engine as much as the reduced torque of the engine by increasing the amount of air supplied to the engine in the state in which the control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is maintained; and
after the inertia phase time interval, increasing, by the controller, torque of the motor as much as a value obtained by subtracting the increased torque of the engine from a torque required for input of the transmission.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transmission comprises a dual clutch transmission.

7. A device for controlling torque intervention of a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
an engine which is connected to a motor through an engine clutch, the engine generating a power transferred to a transmission; and
a controller which predicts a shifting time of the transmission and an amount of torque intervention request for the transmission in an inertia phase time interval included in a shifting time interval by a shift pattern map based on a current speed of the vehicle,
wherein after the predicted shifting time, the controller reduces torque of the engine by reducing an amount of air supplied to the engine in a state in which control for generating optimal combustion efficiency of the engine is maintained,
the controller increases torque of the motor as much as the reduced torque of the engine,
during the inertia phase time interval, the controller reduces the increased torque of the motor as a value obtained by subtracting the reduced torque of the engine from the amount of torque intervention request for the transmission, and
the control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is obtained by controlling an ignition angle of the engine according to the amount of air supplied to the engine to maximize efficiency of the engine.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein after the inertia phase time interval, the controller increases torque of the engine as much as the reduced torque of the engine by increasing the amount of air supplied to the engine in the state in which the control for generating optimal combustion efficiency is maintained and the controller increases torque of the motor as much as a value obtained by subtracting the increased torque of the engine from a torque required for input of the transmission.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the transmission comprises a dual clutch transmission.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Joonyoung

Classifications

• B60W2710/1022

  Input torque · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title

• Y02T10/6286

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60W10/11

  Stepped gearings · CPC title

• B60W2510/0661

  Torque change rate · CPC title